SideKick: Everyday Carry Portable Charger

SideKick: Everyday Carry Portable Charger

 

SideKick: Everyday Carry Phone Back-up & Portable Charger

 

SideKick target your phone's biggest weaknesses  

+ Battery life

+ Storage

C size battery charge test from 0% on iPhone 8

C size battery charge test from 0% on iPhone 8

Our biggest decision... was small

We know mAh is important to our backers, and it’s important to us. But the fact is, capacity comes at a cost… size. At Flintu we ask the question: what use is a 20k mAh bank if it's not on you 24/7?

The dead phone issue is as prevalent today as it’s ever been. People are still getting caught out without charge. This fact tells us the problem isn't properly being addressed - the key is portability and versatili

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Use case A

"When I run out of phone battery I want to..."

Call a loved one, text my boss, get an address out of my phone, navigate to a meeting, contact my kids, receive an important call, be contactable, get an UBER, text a date.

- You need SideKick by Flintu 
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Use case B

"When I run out of phone battery I want to..."

Watch YouTube, catch up on subscription tv, live stream, take lots of photos, use heavy apps, record a meeting, Facetime loved ones. 

- You need to carry a power pack

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Up to 64GB of storage

charge off-the-grid

Quick charge by USB

Japanese made Li-ion booster - built in

Flash Storage and Phone Data Back-Up
on you 24/7

 

The Specs   

                       

The power bridge

This diagram shows the flow of electricity which is enabled by SideKick’s clever power bridge design.

  

About the founders

Evan Stuart is a dedicated electrical engineer with a proven track record of problem-solving with innovative solutions. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 2006 with an honors degree in Electrical Engineering and has since been working for a major audio company, performing a variety of roles from hardware designer to software engineer.

Evan may be the only person in the world who after receiving his first remote control car at the age of six, immediately pulled it apart and tried to make a remote-control door for his cubby house.

Luke Trevitt is an award winning designer and product creative born in Sydney, Australia. He strives to create solutions that are human-centred and anchored to real human problems. Luke has worked with the likes of Google, Kellogg’s, Samsung and TedX.

At the age of ten, much to his mother's dismay, Luke turned his newly gifted electronic putt-putt machine into a portable, battery powered BB gun.

Heya internet, I hear you liked sloths...

Luke and Evan met as teenagers in 1999 in their local suburban Sydney butcher shop. It was here that they shared their respective debuts into the workforce and forged a lasting friendship. Since those early days of bonding amidst chicken drumsticks, Luke and Evan have shared houses, trips around the world and eventually started developing products together. They founded Flintu in 2014.

It all started in a dark alley in Bogota... Well, sort of.

A few years ago, the co-founders of Flintu, Luke and Evan, were stranded in the mean streets of the Colombian capital at night. They were lost, their phone batteries were dead, and their hopes of finding their hotel were growing slim. After hours on the street, Evan (Flintu CTO) managed to “Macgyver” together what was to be the first prototype of Plan V. The founders got their phone online using 4 AA batteries and managed to find their way out of a tight spot.

That was the catalyst for starting Flintu (flin-too), creating super portable chargers to keep you connected and in control. Because whether you’re trying to text your partner, make an emergency call, find your way when you’re lost, the power of connection is important to us all.

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We are asking you for a leg-up so that later down the line we can help you out of a tight spot. 

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